SUDDENLY: a Frank Sinatra podcast16 Okt 2023

40: Church on Fire (with David Nichols)

Who burnt down West Melbourne Stadium in the middle of Sinatra's 1955 Australian tour, and why did this happen? This week, on our final episode of the year, SUDDENLY investigates. And we're joined by David Nichols - Australian history expert, senior lecturer in Urban Planning at the University of Melbourne, and author of Dig: Australian Rock and Pop Music 1960-85 - to help us put together the pieces. We also learn about West Melbourne Stadium's second life as Festival Hall, and weave a story spanning seven decades that that takes us all the way up to 2023.

Selected media discussed in this episode:
* Frank Hardy's novel Power Without Glory (1950)
* Howard Cosell's introduction of Frank Sinatra from The Main Event (1974)
* Ben Folds Five's "Boxing" from Ben Folds Five (1995)
* Newsfront (1978)
* Recordings of The AMPOL Show from 1957, documenting early Australian performances of Bill Haley and the Comets, Litltle Richard and others. Released as Rock n' Roll Radio Australia 1957. Available in full on YouTube.
* The Beatles' concert from Festival Hall, Melbourne, 1964. Filmed in full and available on YouTube.

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